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The Seven Hills of Rome east of the Tiber form the heart of Rome . The Seven Hills of early-Rome were the Cermalus, Cispius, Fagutal, Oppius, Palatium, Sucusa, and Velia. They figure prominently into Roman Mythology , religion, and politics; the original city was held by Tradition to have been founded by Romulus on the Palatine Hill (''Collis Palatinus''). The other six of the Seven Hills of later-Rome are the Aventine Hill (''Collis Aventinus''), the Capitoline Hill (''Collis Capitolinus''), the Quirinal Hill (''Collis Quirinalis''), the Viminal Hill (''Collis Viminalis''), the Esquiline Hill (''Collis Esquilinus''), and the Caelian Hill (''Collis Caelius''). Initially and traditionally, the seven hills were occupied by small settlements and not grouped or recognized as a city called "Rome". The denizens of the seven hills began to participiate in a series of religious games which started to bond the groups together. The city of Rome thus came into being as these separate settlements acted as a group, draining the marshy valleys between them and turning them into markets and fora. The now-famous Vatican Hill (Italian ''Vaticano'', from Latin ''Collis Vaticanus'') is northwest of the Tiber and is not one of the Seven Hills of Rome. Likewise, the Pincian Hill (Italian ''Pincio'', from Latin ''Mons Pincius''), to the north, and the Janiculum (Italian ''Gianicolo'', from Latin ''Ianiculum''), to the west, are not counted among the traditional Seven Hills. Of the Seven Hills of later-Rome, five of them (in Italian, Aventino , Celio , Esquilino , Quirinale , Viminale ) are populated areas with monuments, buildings and parks; the Campidoglio (Capitol Hill) now hosts the Municipality of Rome; the Palatino is an archaeological area. BIBLICAL REFERENCE One of the most famous references that possibly refers to the Seven Hills of Rome is the prophetic imagery of the Book Of Revelation . Revelation 17 makes reference to the " Great Harlot " seated on "a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names, with seven heads and ten horns," and the angel speaking to St. John says: : Rev 17:9 (KJV) And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. : Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and, when he cometh, he must continue a short space. The angel adds that: : Rev 17:18 (KJV) And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. There remains considerable Hermeneutic disagreement among Biblical scholars as to which city and which kings this passage refers to. Protestants have long considered Revelation 17 to identify the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, as the Cathedra (seat) of the Bishop Of Rome ; some Papal properties are located at the Lateran Cathedral, which is on one of the seven hills of Rome, the Celio . However, this is within the territory of Italy, not strictly papal territory, as accorded by the Lateran Treaties . Thus, the actual territory of the papacy, the Vatican, is un-connected with the Seven Hills of Rome. At the time that Revelation was written, early christians, including those under the direction of the Bishopric of Rome (the office that became the papacy), were persecuted by the Roman Empire, which itself was historically known as the "City of Seven Hills". Today, Catholic apologists would counter that Jerusalem ("the Holy City") is just as likely, that it was also sited on seven hills. Of the hills of Jerusalem, three are peaks on the same mountain, Mount Olive, and could be counted as 1. SEE ALSO
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